Aalmis

Jan Aalmis or Johannes Aelmis (bapt. 4 April 1674, Rotterdam – bur. 2 April 1755, Rotterdam)^[1] was a noted painter on faience.^[2]

He long worked for Cornelis de Berg of Delft.^[2] Pieces bearing his name, together with the mark of Cornelis de Berg, are dated 1731, and consist of figure subjects, often in blue, but occasionally in polychrome.^[2] He was the father of the painter, draftsman, and tile painter Jan Aelmis (II) (1714 – 1799) and the painter and draftsman Johan Bartolomeus Aelmis (1723 – 1786).^[1] The signed pieces can therefore also be those of his elder son.

References

^ ^a ^b Johannes Aelmis (I) at the RKD
^ ^a ^b ^c Jervis, William Percival (1902). The encyclopedia of ceramics. Blanchard. p. 9. OCLC 1026619. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Purple tile tableau with a view of Rotterdam from the Maas

External links

Media related to Jan Aelmis at Wikimedia Commons

[rkd-1] Johannes Aelmis (I) at the RKD

[enc-2] Jervis, William Percival (1902). The encyclopedia of ceramics. Blanchard. p. 9. OCLC 1026619. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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